NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 04: Actor/comedian Tracy Morgan was on hand at STK for Jaguar's celebration of its sporting past and future, following the announcment today of the F-TYPE at the New York Auto Show on April 4th, 2012. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Jaguar)

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This 2006 photo, provided by NBC TV, shows the stars of the network's hit comedy series "30 Rock," from left, Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, Tina Fey as Liz Lemon and Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan.

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Actor Tracy Morgan, right, and his date Linda Trang attend the first annual "The Comedy Awards", honoring and celebrating the world of comedy, in New York, on Saturday, March 26, 2011.

Megan Wollover, left, and host Tracy Morgan (who is kissing Wollover's pregnant belly) arrive at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

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Tracy Morgan performs onstage during the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“I'm not Tracy Jordan, I'm Tracy Morgan,” Morgan said in a telephone interview Wednesday. “The guy I am onstage doing stand-up is totally different than a character that I play on TV. That's a character.

“People come looking for Tracy Jordan. Tracy Jordan didn't do stand-up on the show! I don't know what people think. If they're shocked, they're shocked.”

So don't expect much different this time around. Morgan promised sexually-explicit material comparable to Howard Stern or “Def Jam” moments.

Since his last visit, the 44-year-old Morgan has experienced phenomenal success with “30 Rock” and health issues (he underwent a kidney transplant in 2010). Stand-up allows him “to hear my own voice.”

“I'm not going to get caught up in a caricature from TV,” he explained. “I don't do stand-up for people, I do it for me. When I'm onstage, I'm peeling back the layers. I know I'm going to lose some people because I talk about sex.”

One safe moment at Rivercenter was witnessing Morgan's talents as a singer. He has a great voice — and ear.

“My father was a vocalist and a musician, so I grew up around music,” he said.

But he's no song and dance man. The expletive-prone comedian (who likes to say he “was born funny”) has had run-ins with the law and has been called out on homophobic speech. “People are ultra sensitive about everything,” Morgan said. “But if you don't laugh, you're gonna cry. That's what the comedy of Archie Bunker was.”

He's at his best when he's being really, really silly.

Those moments are reflected in his Twitter messages. Here's a slightly edited one: “Just to clear the air Jackie of the Jackson 5 is not my daddy. I repeat NOT my biological father. Marlon might be!”

He's tweeted that he's not Honey Boo Boo's daddy.

And has boasted about his comedy act: “I'll make you laugh so hard you'll slide down a mountain full of razor blades butt naked into a pool of alcohol, climb a building butt naked and tongue kiss a lizard!”

His Twitter handle is @RealTracyMorgan. Consider that fair warning.

“Sometimes my stand-up can be confrontational. It's designed that way,” Morgan said. “I'm gonna keep doing what I've been doing since I got into show business. I just want to make people laugh.”